A “NORTH SHORE
volunteer. “Support. ser-:
-vice for single. mothers. :
with pre-school children:
has expanded its pro-
‘gram: from two days. to:
‘three in an effort to help
curb some of the most
serious effects of the
B.C. Govérnment’s .
restraint program. :

By LEN CORBEN

The Open Door Child-.
Minding and Drop-In Centre
is providing free, licensed
child-minding from 9:30 a.m.

‘to 12:30 p.m. on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Thursdays
from now until June at
Hillside Baptist Church.

A free nutritious lunch is
also provided for each child.

Mothers may choose to do
errands or shopping during
this time or stay to relax with
coffee. and refreshments
while talking over their com-
mon problems and solutions
with other'single mothers and

-the volunteer staff in a
lounge away ‘from the-

“ Each family may use The
Open Door twice a week.

- The program is funded by
Hillside Baptist Church,
Capilano — Christian Com-
munity Church and a number
of “individuals. No govern-
ment money has been
solicited or received.

The expansion to a third
day each week provides an
opportunity for “more in-
dividuals and churches to

ELVERA CORBEN doesn’t need to check if Sheila Suthertand has a tight grip on her Reseety

Anne Doll. The free daycare service at the Baptist church offers a warm, friendly atmosphere —
for children.

take an active financial role
this year. The extra day will
allow as many as 25 mothers
and about 40 youngsticrs to
take part.

More than twenty large
food hampers were
distributed at Christmas last
year and a clothes bank pro-

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vided jackets, boots and the
like when needed.

Helen Berarducci Hein,
paid qualified pre-school
teacher, 10 volunteers and
Director Elvera Corben, staff
The Open Door and also ofer
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Elvera Corben, a nurse at
St. Paul’s Hospital for seven
years, began The Open Door
in September 1978 not long
after being hit with the shock
of seeing a single parent ar-
rive at the Emergency
Department with a self-

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inflicted knife in her stomach
in an attempted suicide after
shooting her two children
and killing one.

“*l realized,’” she recalls
now, ‘‘the desperate
loneliness and lack of sup-
por} that many single parents
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